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Salt Lake City Fire captain identified as man killed in Green River rafting accident

Michael Harp, 50, fell out of raft on Thursday in the Hells Half Mile rapids

(Salt Lake City Fire Department)
Salt Lake City Fire Department Capt. Michael Harp has been identified as the victim of a rafting accident that happened Thursday, June 20, 2024, on the Green River in Colorado.

(Salt Lake City Fire Department) Salt Lake City Fire Department Capt. Michael Harp has been identified as the victim of a rafting accident that happened Thursday, June 20, 2024, on the Green River in Colorado.

Dinosaur, Colo. • A 27-year veteran with the Salt Lake City Fire Department has been identified as the man killed on Colorado’s Green River in a rafting accident in Dinosaur National Monument.

Capt. Michael Harp was on a private permitted trip on the river Thursday when staff members were notified of a boat pinned on a rock in the Hells Half Mile rapids, a class III/IV rapid.

Harp, 50, was found to be missing from the raft and believed to be under the watercraft. When the group was later able to secure the boat, Harp was discovered unresponsive before he drifted downriver without a lifejacket that had come off.

For more on the story, visit https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/salt-lake-city-fire-captain-identified-as-man-killed-in-green-river-rafting-accident


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